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Multiple Alleles ABO Quiz 6B

1. An individual's ABO blood type is normally determined by:

a. Genetic inheritance and environmental influences during life

b. Environmental influences alone
c. The inheritance of 1 of 3 possible alleles (A, B, or O) from each parent

2. In the ABO blood system, you normally can be type

a. AB, A, B, O
b. ABO
c. AB, A, B
d. AB
3. The universal blood donors for the ABO system are type:
a. AB
b. A
c. B
d. O
4. In determining the phenotype for the ABO blood system:
a. O is dominant over A
b. B is dominant over A
c. O is recessive
d. all of the above

5. If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following
blood types would you likely be?
a. AB
b. B
c. O
d. A

6. Which blood type can be transfused to an individual whose blood type is unknown?
a. AB
b. B
c. A
d. O
7. A classical example of codominance is
a. Blood Type O
b. Blood Type A
c. Blood Type B
d. Blood Type AB
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8. Could a man with type O blood and a Women with type AB blood produce a child with
type O blood?
a. Not Possible
b. Possible

9. A mother of known blood type A has a child whose blood turns out to be B. From this it
follows that the mother:
a. is heterozygous for the trait
b. must really have the blood type AB
c. is homozygous dominant for the trait
d. could have several possible genotypes

10. A person with the blood type AB likely could safely receive a transfusion of a pint of
which of the following blood types?
a. Type A only
b. Type AB only
c. Type B only
d. Type O only
e. Types AB or O only
f. Types A or B only
g. Types A,AB or B only
h. Types A,AB, B, or O

11. A person with antigen B on their red blood cells will have ________ blood type.
a. AB
b. B
c. A
d. O

12. A person with antibody AB on their Plasma will have ________ blood type.
a. AB
b. B
c. A
d. O

13. A person with antigen AB on their red blood cells will have ________ antibody
a. AB
b. B
c. A
d. All
e. None